Drapery supports



NOV. 13, 1956 P. ROSENZWEIG DRAPERY SUPPORTS Filed Dec. 6, 1954 FIG. 5

INVENTOR. 4 PHILIP ROSENZWEHG r BY WMJMJ/ Attorneys United States Patent DRAPERY SUPPORTS Philip Rosenzweig, Detroit, Mich., assignor to Triangle Specialties Inc., a corporation of Michigan Application December 6, 1954, Serial No. 473,079

4 Claims. (Cl. 160-348) This application relates to drapery supports, which are devices used for supporting a drape from the sliders of a conventional traverse rod construction.

A well known drapery support, such as shown in Patent No. 2,553,272 of May 15, 1951, includes two fingers and a hook. The fingers are inserted into the upper part of a drape, between the front or facing and the back or border or hem at the upper part of a drape, the back being the back fold or border or hem of the drape that is turned over and down from the front or facing of the drape at the upper edge. The third element is an inverted hook which may hook into a hole of a traverse rod slider for supporting the heading hook from such slider and thus supporting the drape. The several sliders, in turn, are slidably disposed in tracks of a conventional traverse rod. In the known form of support, the two fingers just described are formed from a single U-shaped piece of wire and at the bight of the U a juncture is established to the lower end of the inverted U-shaped hook.

It has been discovered, particularly when the drape is made of soft materials and especially of lightweight materials, that this form of support will permit some sagging between the pleats customarily provided in drapes with the result that the upper edge of the drape becomes unsightly, often sagging, to take on a scalloped appearance and often exposing the traverse rod between the pleats and between the points of support of the drape where the supports are inserted in the drape.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a support of such a construction as will insure against the drape sagging between the points of support and to this end the drapery support of the invention is formed with an additional finger which is inserted into the drape and more especially into the heart of the pleat in front of the line of stitching which stitches the pleats or pleat, as the case may be, to the front of the drape, such finger functioning to provide a secure grip between the support and the drape itself and thu insuring against the drape sagging between the pleats and the points of support.

An embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the appended drawing.

in this drawing:

Fig. 1 is a back view of a drape showing a support of the invention in place.

Fig. 2 is a plan section view as if on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a back view of the support.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation view of the support.

Fig. 5 is a section view of the support as if on line 55 of Fig. 3.

The drawing shows a support 1 in position for supporting a drape 2 having vertical pleats 3 stitched together on a stitch line 4 with the drape having its upper edge turned over or hemmed to provide a back or border 5 in back of the front or facing 6 and with the drape supported on traverse sliders, not shown, which slide within tracks of a traverse rod, not shown.

The support of the invention comprises three vertically ice extending elongated single thickness wire fingers 10, 11, and 11 of substantially equal length joined at their lower ends. When the fingers are viewed in plan, as in Figs. 2 and 5, they define a triangle. The support includes as a fourth member an inverted U-shaped wire hook member 12, outside the triangle defined by the fingers 101111 and having one end 14 joined to the juncture of the three fingers, with these fingers extending well above the hook member 12, the latter having an upper free end 15.

The finger 10 which is opposite the hook member 12 is integral with it. Likewise the two fingers 11 are integral with each other.

As shown in plan the four members 10, 11, 11 and 12 are very closely spaced, with member 12 fitting into the plane of members 11, to enhance the grip and embrace of the support and a drape at the stitch line 4.

The single piece of Wire which forms the finger 10 and the hook member 12 is of U form. The U-shaped wire comprising fingers 11 i nested within the U-shaped wire which forms the finger 1t) and hook member 12. Where the bights of these two U-shaped pieces of wire cross they are welded to each other at 14 to form a unitary support, whose use will now be described.

The support is inserted and moved upwardly in a drape between the back and the front with the finger 10 inserted into the heart of the drape in front of the stitch line 4 which stitches the pleats in place in the drape. The fingers 11, meanwhile, take their place between the front and back 6 and 5 of the drape. The four members 10, 11, 11 and 12 grip and embrace the drape at stitch line 4.

The free end 15 of the hook member 12 is intended to be inserted into the customary holes of the conventional traverse rod sliders which slide along a traverse rod and are supported by such rod for the purposes of supporting the support and with it the drape. It will, of course, be understood that several supports are used with each drape, one at each point of pleating, so that a number of supports support the drape with respect to the traverse rod.

The novel element of the support herein disclosed, in the combination comprising the several fingers 10, 11, 11,

and 12, is the finger 10. The provision or" the latter contrasts the support of the invention with the known support which includes the fingers 11 and 12 only.

The novel element, namely the fingers 10, functions to provide a secure grip between the support and the drape, preventing the pleats and the drape at the point of support from sagging forward and downward with respect to the traverse rod, the finger 10 providing a reinforcement for the pleats and a stiffener therefor as well as a stay for the upper part of the drape.

it is noted here, that the upper ends of the fingers 11 are blunted, being formed with ball points, or plastic blunting tips, or loops, etc., in a well known manner.

It will also be noted, that the load of the drape is bottomed upon the lower part of the support, at the point of juncture of the three fingers and the member 12.

It is noted that while the fingers 11-11 and member 12 are shown as being in contact, as preferred, for a tight grip, it is possible to space the member 12 slightly from the fingers to facilitate insertion of the devices in the drape.

It is also noted that the fingers extend the full length of the hem or pleats to reinforce and stiffen the drape and to clamp the pleats and drape tightly in place, and thus prevents the drape from sagging with respect to the fingers.

It is also noted that the device hereof may be used with lined or unlined drapes, as for example, by inserting all three fingers inside the heart of the pleat, or by inserting one finger into the heart of the pleat and the other two outside and in back of the drape. and this is 3 a an outstanding feature of the device hereof, distinguishing it from other known devices.

Now having described the support of the invention, reference should be had to the claims that follow.

I claim; 9

l. A drapery headingsupport, forsupporting a drape having-vertical,pleatsstitched together, comprising three vertically. extending elongated single thickness wire fingers of substantially equallength joinedat' theirlower ends, with the-fingers, viewed in plan, defining a triangle, and an: inverted 'U-shaped wire hook member outside the triangle;-opposite one of the fingers, and having one end joined to the juncture of the three fingers, the fingers extending ,-well above thevhook member the fingers and hook memberbeing integrally joined to form a unitary device.

2. A drapery heading support for supporting a drape having vertical pleats stitched together comprising three vertically extending elongated single thickness wire fingers of substantially equal length joined at their lower ends, with the fingers, viewed in .plan, defining a triangle, and an I inverted U-shaped wire hook member outside the triangle,topposite one of the fingers, and having one end joined tothetjuncture of the three fingers, the fingers exnamed U'element-is the;one-that is nested within the other 7 U element.

-References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED" STATES PATENTS 1,863,638 Richter June 21, 1932 2,553,272 Perlrnutter May 15, 1951 2,558,467 Solornan June 26, 1951 2,592,478 Sherman Apr. 8, 1952 2,638,978 Atkins May 19, 1953 2,708,479, Nichols.- May 17, 1955 

